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  1. 21 minutes ago, Yosmithy said:

    Dude. I saw this dude, riding a road bike on Suburban Ninja my first ride out. I think he was a hippie too. WTF?

    You better stay away from him,
    He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
    But I'd love to meet his tailor.

    Aoooooo
    Roadies on Ninja

    I saw a roadie, drinking a Hazy IPA at RedHorn.
    And his hair was perfect.

    Aoooooo
    Roadies on Ninja

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  2. 19 minutes ago, bestbike85 said:

    24 inch dell monitor free to a new home. Works fine. Has a bit of faded color to it but functions just fine. I’ve used it for 2 years after picking it up from goodwill for $15 I believe. We’re moving in a few weeks and I’m upgrading my office, which included an amazing 27 inch curved monitor that is currently blowing my mind. 
     

    Pickup in Lakeline area.
     

     

     

    If it has HDMI input, I'd love to get it.

     

  3. 15 minutes ago, Kobra Kai MTB Guy said:

    I don't wear back protection but I always wear my Camelbak while riding for that same reason.  Doesn't protect the entire back like you mentioned, but has definitely saved my ass a few times.

    Get better man, that looks like it hurt like a beast.

    If it saved your ass you might be wearing it wrong.

     

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  4. 3 minutes ago, HoneyBadger said:

    "BCB - Peddlers Pass 5.0" is the "official" Strava segment. When I make a big change the numbering advances, 6.0, 7.0 etc.

    When did it go to 5.0 and what big change was there?  Looking back at my last ride on 3/19 it was still 4.0.

     

  5. 35 minutes ago, quixoft said:

    Just got back from doing Peddlers twice, Mulligan, Picnic, up some long gravelly/rocky hill towards a neighborhood looking for Snail(which I didn't find), back down the gravel hill, along Picnic and home. Beautiful day!

    Although I need a new helmet now because I didn't see a low branch on Picnic and it ripped through the top foam on the top of my helmet. Oops. Better than a nice gouge in my head!

    Yeah, you came up a little short on Snail.  You hit the doubletrack that marks the western end of Deception.  If you follow the cement a little further west, you'll find the entrance to Rim.  Keep going further and you'll pass under 183A and Snail will be immediately after the culvert on the left.

    How are the crowds looking?  I've been avoiding the trail because I heard that crowds both on the cement and on the singletrack were bad and social distancing was difficult.

     

  6. 1 hour ago, Cafeend said:

    I literally rode about 3 feet or less behind the rear tire over most of PP because some long white haired , camo wearing , earphone wearing, old tool on POS bike refused to let me pass. Refused. Looked me in the eye. He saw he saw me. He could smell me I was so close.

    He refused. I decided (maybe wrongly) i was gonna use his forehead as a kicker if he fell.

    When i went to pass his ass under the bridge un Parmer he literally ran into me. Never ever in yrs and decades of riding has that happened. Rant over.

     

    Oh my gosh - long white haired motherfucker with no helmet?  I got stuck behind him a week ago.  He cut me off several times as I tried to pass.  Every time I hollered "I'm passing on your left" and he would swerve left as I came up beside him.  Finally got around him just before Parmer, but DAMN.  I had 2 others I was riding with and they had the same problem with him.  Somebody's gonna take him out by accident or on purpose and Willie Nelson's gonna wish he'd at least worn a helmet!

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  7. I just went through the shipbikes process to see how much my trip to Boston would have cost.  Without insurance or pick-up from the house, shipping came out to $118 each way.  Delta charged me $30 each way.  I'm willing to deal with a bitchy check-in agent for a $90 savings each way.

    That said, I recognize that you have to take into account the difference in ticket price between carriers.  So, it's a case by case.

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  8. This came up on here a couple months ago when Delta announced that they were going to allow you to check a bike for the price of a regular bag.  I don't know if anyone has posted an experience, so thought I'd share.

    Last week I flew Delta to Boston and took the bike.  I packed the bike in a box I got from Peddlers.  The Transition box is bigger than others I've used so packing was easier, and it still met the dimensional requirement of L+H+W<115".  Weight limit is 50lbs, which I didn't think would be a problem, but my Smuggler+helmet+camelbak+box came in right at 50lbs.

    Leaving Austin, initially we tried to go to the skycap, because who wants to drag these big ass boxes inside, but he doesn't work for Delta and had no idea about the new policy.  So, we dragged the big ass boxes inside.  We got lucky at the counter and the first agent that was available knew about the policy and checked us in without any problems.  We then dragged the big ass boxes over to the oversized baggage area and we were good.

    Returning from Boston, we skipped the skycap and went straight inside.  After dealing with some logistical differences in the check-in process, we got to the front of the line and had one agent yelling at us "You can't check that, those are oversized, we don't take bicycles, you can't cut line" (she was actually working with another customer and just chose to share her opinions).  The next agent that opened up (thankfully not bitchy lady) hadn't heard about the policy but he listened to our explanation and pulled up the policy.  After that he was very friendly and checked the bags for us.  We took them over to oversized baggage and all went well.

    A couple of notes -
    1) In both directions TSA cut open the boxes to verify the contents.  Nothing was missing and they actually did a better job taping up the boxes than I did.  But be aware, that is not the place to stash your weed.
    2) It should go without saying, but make sure the guy picking you up at the other end has enough space for bike boxes and passengers.  We had measured beforehand but it was still a really tight fit and I'm pretty sure the passenger in the back with the bikes was not traveling legally.

    Finally, I highly recommend the riding around the Boston area and Kingdom Trails in East Burke, VT.  It was an amazing week of riding!

     

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  9. 16 minutes ago, csmceuen said:

    You must smoke some crazy shit if it alters time and space.

    Dude, that's exactly what that shit does to me.  Probably because I'm a total lightweight, but a good long hit and 3 hrs later I look at the clock and it's only been 3 minutes.  One lap of PP would feel like it took me all weekend.

     

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  10. 26 minutes ago, RegisteredUser said:

    I wonder if its the same hiker I saw walking up the wrong way on Snail Sunday. I have also seen the same guy on D cutting through in various spots and then just disappearing. Older Asian guy .

    Yeah, it would be nice to have a "No Entry" sign at the bottom of Snail.  I've had a couple of times where I encountered a hiker on the way down and that's always a near death experience for someone.

  11. 2 hours ago, The Tip said:

    And maybe the best way to get through to the teenagers is to make a show about laughing at them. Say to your riding buddy as you go past the kid, "ha ha, did you see that DORK without a helmet?"

    I like it - from now on, instead of trying to educate I'm just going to say "You're out here without a helmet?  What a fucking moron!" and ride away.  I bet if they hear that from several of us every ride they'll get a helmet.

    There's a guy that rides out there regularly with his helmet unbuckled.  I stopped him once to let him know (because I've been known to forget).  He told me he knew it was unbuckled, he only buckles it when he's in sketchy situations.  That one really confused me.

     

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  12. A buddy just forwarded me an email from the Austin and Central Texas Cycling group that says that 2 riders died of heart attack during last Friday's Fredericksburg ride.  Given that most of the guys I ride with are over 50, that news really hits home.

    So I'm wondering, how many of y'all are CPR certified?  Would CPR make a difference if someone is having a heart attack on the trail?  Short of carrying a portable defib in my CamelBak, what are the best precautions to take?

     

     

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  13. 11 minutes ago, Cafeend said:

    He walked to the bug and grabbed keys from the wheel well and got in the car but just sat there

    Poor guy, now the whole mtn biking community (or at least all the ones that matter) know where he stashes his keys.

     

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  14. I always approach this one cautiously - meaning I send a buddy in front 🙂 

    Seriously, I've been concerned about this section for awhile.  With 4 entrances to this tiny section, several paths through it, and poor visibility in all cases, it's looking for trouble.  I came through there in what is probably the most predictable path and there was a guy standing in the middle with an off-leash little 5 pound guinea pig sized dog.  I nearly wiped them both out.

    I don't have suggestions, only another vote that it's a concern.  And if someone has a solution, I'll work a shovel.

     

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  15. 12 hours ago, HoneyBadger said:

    Stopped 9 people riding Peddlers in the last 1.5 hours. Most were beginners and didnt know any better. Three other people turned around when they saw me working....i saw you too. I know who you are. 

    I bet one of them was Joe.  Dammit, Joe!

     

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